Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Founded in 1974 the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) is an independent orchestra and concert producer based in New York City and is widely recognized as the premier independent orchestra in New York City.   

The OSL has regularly performed at Carnegie Hall since 1984 and is today “a mainstay of New York’s classical scene” (New Yorker)  under the baton of Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie, a celebrated specialist in 18th-century music, and special guests. 

OSL performs and produces in a variety of formats, including orchestra and chamber music series curated expressly for each of Carnegie Hall’s iconic venues, programs focused on contemporary composers presented throughout the five boroughs of New York City, collaborations with Paul Taylor Dance Company at Lincoln Center, a composition institute which creates new works each season, and much more.

Orchestra of St. Luke's has premiered more than 100 orchestral and chamber works by such composers as John Adams, Joan Tower, Gabriela Lena Frank, Valerie Coleman, Anthony Davis, Nicholas Maw, André Previn, George Tsontakis, Bryce Dessner, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Alma Deutscher. 

The orchestra has appeared on more than 100 recordings, four of which have won Grammy Awards: John Adams's Nixon in China, Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Listen to the Storyteller with Wynton Marsalis, and Bel Canto with Renée Fleming. In 2003, the orchestra launched its own record label, St. Luke's Collection.

The organization of the orchestra's musicians falls into a three-tier roster, with the second tier of 20 players utilized for chamber orchestra concerts, and the third tier of 20 to 30 musicians for use in concerts that require larger ensembles

OSL Website: https://oslmusic.org/about-osl/about-orchestra-of-st-lukes-osl/